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  2011 Nov 7  

Surgical Removal of Giant Acoustic Neuromas.

Silva J, Cerejo A, Duarte F, Silveira F, Vaz R

Hospital Săo Joăo, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

OBJECTIVE: The authors present the outcome of radical surgical removal of giant acoustic neuromas. METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with acoustic neuroma... Read More

Source: PubMed

J Vestib Res    

Vestibular dysfunction and compensation after removal of acoustic neuroma.

Uehara N, Tanimoto H, Nishikawa T, Doi K, Katsunuma S, Kimura H, Kohmura E, Nibu K

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

Objective: To evaluate vestibular function after unilateral acoustic neuroma surgery via a retrosigmoid approach. Methods: Thirty-eight patients were ... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Efficacy of a Vibrotactile Neurofeedback Training in Stance and Gait Conditions for the Treatment of Balance Deficits: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study.

Basta D, Rossi-Izquierdo M, Soto-Varela A, Greters ME, Bittar RS, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Eckardt R, Harada T, Goto F, Ogawa K, Ernst A

*Department of Otolaryngology at UKB, Hospital of the University of Berlin, Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany; †Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo; ‡Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; §Department of Otolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil; ?Geriatrics Research Group, Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany; ¶Department of Otolaryngology, International University of Health and Welfare, Atami; #Department of Otolaryngology, Hino Municipal Hospital; and **Department of Otolaryngology, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

OBJECTIVE: Vestibular rehabilitation strategies mostly require a long-lasting training in stance conditions, which is finally not always successful. T... Read More

Source: PubMed

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital    

Hearing preservation surgery in acoustic neuroma. Slow progress and new strategies.

Mazzoni A, Biroli F, Foresti C, Signorelli A, Sortino C, Zanoletti E

Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurological Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy.

Quality and rate of preserved hearing are crucial to make hearing preservation surgery a viable treatment. A long-term experience with hearing preserv... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 6  

Correlation between caloric and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential test results.

Huang CH, Wang SJ, Young YH

Department of Otolaryngology , Catholic Cardinal Tien Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University.

Abstract Conclusion: The ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (o-VEMP) test results correlate significantly with caloric test results for pa... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 1  

Factors associated with anxiety and depression in the management of acoustic neuroma patients.

Brooker JE, Fletcher JM, Dally MJ, Briggs RJ, Cousins VC, Malham GM, Smee RI, Kennedy RJ, Burney S

Southern Synergy, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Wellington Road Campus, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.

The objectives of this study were to describe anxiety and depression levels among acoustic neuroma patients; examine differences in anxiety and depres... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 21  

Systematic review of wireless phone use and brain cancer and other head tumors.

Repacholi MH, Lerchl A, Röösli M, Sienkiewicz Z, Auvinen A, Breckenkamp J, d'Inzeo G, Elliott P, Frei P, Heinrich S, Lagroye I, Lahkola A, McCormick DL, Thomas S, Vecchia P

Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET), "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. mrepacholi@yahoo.com.

We conducted a systematic review of scientific studies to evaluate whether the use of wireless phones is linked to an increased incidence of the brain... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 13  

Expression of p63 and p73 in acoustic neuroma and its possible clinical relevance.

Altuna X, Algaba J, Ongkeko W

Servicio de ORL, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Espańa.

OBJECTIVES: Assess p63 and p73 expression in acoustic neuroma and its correlation with clinical and radiological findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: medi... Read More

Source: PubMed

J Vestib Res    

Vestibular dysfunction and compensation after removal of acoustic neuroma.

Uehara N, Tanimoto H, Nishikawa T, Doi K, Katsunuma S, Kimura H, Kohmura E, Nibu K

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

Objective: To evaluate vestibular function after unilateral acoustic neuroma surgery via a retrosigmoid approach. Methods: Thirty-eight patients were ... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Efficacy of a Vibrotactile Neurofeedback Training in Stance and Gait Conditions for the Treatment of Balance Deficits: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study.

Basta D, Rossi-Izquierdo M, Soto-Varela A, Greters ME, Bittar RS, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Eckardt R, Harada T, Goto F, Ogawa K, Ernst A

*Department of Otolaryngology at UKB, Hospital of the University of Berlin, Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany; †Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo; ‡Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; §Department of Otolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil; ?Geriatrics Research Group, Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany; ¶Department of Otolaryngology, International University of Health and Welfare, Atami; #Department of Otolaryngology, Hino Municipal Hospital; and **Department of Otolaryngology, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

OBJECTIVE: Vestibular rehabilitation strategies mostly require a long-lasting training in stance conditions, which is finally not always successful. T... Read More

Source: PubMed

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital    

Hearing preservation surgery in acoustic neuroma. Slow progress and new strategies.

Mazzoni A, Biroli F, Foresti C, Signorelli A, Sortino C, Zanoletti E

Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurological Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy.

Quality and rate of preserved hearing are crucial to make hearing preservation surgery a viable treatment. A long-term experience with hearing preserv... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 6  

Correlation between caloric and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential test results.

Huang CH, Wang SJ, Young YH

Department of Otolaryngology , Catholic Cardinal Tien Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University.

Abstract Conclusion: The ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (o-VEMP) test results correlate significantly with caloric test results for pa... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 1  

Factors associated with anxiety and depression in the management of acoustic neuroma patients.

Brooker JE, Fletcher JM, Dally MJ, Briggs RJ, Cousins VC, Malham GM, Smee RI, Kennedy RJ, Burney S

Southern Synergy, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Wellington Road Campus, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.

The objectives of this study were to describe anxiety and depression levels among acoustic neuroma patients; examine differences in anxiety and depres... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 21  

Systematic review of wireless phone use and brain cancer and other head tumors.

Repacholi MH, Lerchl A, Röösli M, Sienkiewicz Z, Auvinen A, Breckenkamp J, d'Inzeo G, Elliott P, Frei P, Heinrich S, Lagroye I, Lahkola A, McCormick DL, Thomas S, Vecchia P

Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET), "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. mrepacholi@yahoo.com.

We conducted a systematic review of scientific studies to evaluate whether the use of wireless phones is linked to an increased incidence of the brain... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Oct 13  

Expression of p63 and p73 in acoustic neuroma and its possible clinical relevance.

Altuna X, Algaba J, Ongkeko W

Servicio de ORL, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Espańa.

OBJECTIVES: Assess p63 and p73 expression in acoustic neuroma and its correlation with clinical and radiological findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: medi... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 7  

Surgical Removal of Giant Acoustic Neuromas.

Silva J, Cerejo A, Duarte F, Silveira F, Vaz R

Hospital Săo Joăo, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

OBJECTIVE: The authors present the outcome of radical surgical removal of giant acoustic neuromas. METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with acoustic neuroma... Read More

Source: PubMed


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